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Speech-to-reality system creates objects on demand using AI and robotics

Generative AI and robotics are moving us ever closer to the day when we can ask for an object and have it created within a ...
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From Crushed Sugar Cubes to Exploded Ceramics, This Universal Law Predicts How Most Objects Will Shatter

A new equation calculates how many fragments of each size will be produced when an object breaks. The principle could help ...

Scientists discover how real-life ‘hobbits’ went extinct — and why modern humans are at fault: study

They came up a little short. A small archaic hominid known as the “hobbit” might have died out around 50,000 years ago after ...
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Acoustic waves act like tiny hands to move objects thanks to a new chip

Acoustic waves are best known as the invisible delivery agents bringing voices, car horns, or our favorite song to our ears. But the waves can also move physical objects, like an item vibrating atop a ...